COPROPHILOUS FUNGI IN NEW-ZEALAND .1. PODOSPORA SPECIES WITH SWOLLEN AGGLUTINATED PERITHECIAL HAIRS

New Zealand coprophilous Podospora species with swollen agglutinated perithecial hairs include P. aloides, P. conica, P. caruvloides, P. dakotensis, P. glutinans, P. miniglutinans, P. tetraspora and P. vesticola. Reasons are given for retaining these species in the genus Podospora rather than in the genus Schizothecium. Species are distinguished by the size and morphology of their ascospores and the number of ascospores per ascus, the agglutinated perithecial hair differences and their Phialophora anamorphs, or absence of anamorphs, in agar culture. Descriptions and a key are provided and dung preferences and distributions discussed. Podospora conica is proposed as a new combination and P. curvuloides is illustrated with transverse striations on its ascospore wall.